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Where does “esternuer” come from?

esternuer (Old French) comes from Latin sternūtō, from Latin -tō, from Latin -tus, from Proto-Italic -tus, from Proto-Indo-European -tus — Derives action nouns from verb roots.

Ancestry of “esternuer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsternūtō—
2Latin-tō—
3Latin-tusForms the past participle of verbs; Forms...
4Proto-Italic-tus—
5Proto-Indo-European-tusDerives action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “esternuer”

  • éternuer
  • éternuement
  • ternas
  • terni
  • terno
  • esternuer
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tus →